3 Forms of the Verbs
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
You already know how to use verbs in the
Affirmative or
Negative Form
Now we are going to review the
Interrogative Form
In the Interrogative Form,
you put the helping verb
at the beginning of the sentence.
You put a ? at the end of the sentence.
In English, there is NO mark at the
beginning of a sentence.
Let’s look at some examples in
the Present Tense.
Does Joan walk to school every day?
Do the girls study for the test?
Does my older sister play basketball?
Let’s look at some examples in
the Past Tense.
Did Joan walk to school every day last
week?
Did the girls study for the test?
Did my older sister play basketball in
college?
Let’s look at some examples in
the Future Tense.
Will Joan walk to school every day?
Will the girls study for the test?
Will my older sister play basketball in
college?
In the Interrogative Form, you will
need to use helping verbs from the
Present, Past, and Future Tenses.
Present Tense
-
do, does
Past Tense
-
did
Future Tense
-
will
Let’s look at some examples.
1. My mother bakes delicious cookies.
2. My mother does not bake delicious
cookies.
3. Does my mother bake delicious cookies?
1. The children liked the movie they
saw.
2. The children did not like the movie
they saw.
3. Did the children like the movie they
saw?
1.My mother will like the mark on my
test.
2. My mother will not like the mark
on my test.
3. Will my mother like the mark on
my test?
Let’s try to do some now.
1.John will study his times tables.
Will John study his times tables?
2.Melissa studied hard for the test.
Did Melissa study hard for the test?
3.Teresa studies her verbs every night.
Does Teresa study her verbs every
night?
You can also use the Interrogative Form
with question words like:
Who? What? When? Where? How?
Look at these examples:
1.Maria has completed the assignment.
What has Maria completed?
2.Maria finished it yesterday.
When did Maria finish it?
3. Maria put the assignment on the desk.
Where did Maria put the assignment?
4. Maria worked very carefully on the project.
How did Maria work on the project?
Now try these.
Luisa studied in the United States.
Where ________________________?
Joseph paints beautiful landscapes.
What _________________________?
Luisa studied in the United States.
Where did Luisa study?
Joseph paints beautiful landscapes.
What does Joseph paint?
The teacher will call Ted’s parents.
Who ________________________?
Teresa called her mother last night.
When _______________________?
The teacher will call Ted’s parents.
Who will the teacher call?
Teresa called her mother last night.
When did Teresa call her mother?
Now try to write some of your own!